Ulaanbaatar
UN Adopts Mongolia’s Resolution on Rural Women
Politics
Ulaanbaatar, November 19, 2025
/MONTSAME/. During
the meeting on November 14, 2025, the Third Committee of the 80th United
Nations General Assembly adopted the Resolution on "Improving the Situation of
Rural Women and Girls," initiated by Mongolia.
A total of 3.5 billion people, or 43
percent of the global population, reside in rural or remote areas, and half of
them, or 1.7 billion, are women and girls. Despite this, according to recent reports
and studies, progress on gender-related global goals and programs, such as
Sustainable Development Goal 5, is slow and insufficient.
For instance, the report marking the
30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action highlights that
rural women are disproportionately affected by poverty, have limited access to
social protection and public services, including infrastructure, education, and
healthcare, face restricted employment and income-earning opportunities, and
shoulder a heavy burden of unpaid domestic and care work. Their livelihoods are
also highly vulnerable to environmental degradation and climate change.
Therefore, Mongolia’s delegates
incorporated language in the updated resolution urging governments, NGOs, and
all stakeholders to create all necessary conditions to improve the lives of
women and girls living in rural, remote, and island areas, especially during
ongoing challenges such as economic, financial, food, and nutrition crises,
technological transitions, and climate change. The resolution also calls for
ensuring their equal and meaningful participation in decision-making processes.
Mongolia’s resolution, “Improving the
Situation of Rural Women and Girls,” received broad support from UN member
states, with 98 countries from all regions joining as co-sponsors.
